View of the Bund, with the Hongkong and Shanghai bank and Chartered Mercantile bank

Title : View of the Bund, with the Hongkong and Shanghai bank and Chartered Mercantile bank

Topic : Virtual Shanghai

Year : 1886

Location : Shanghai: International Settlement

Date (start) : 1886

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Paper

Caption on support : Handwritten caption: 'Hong Kong and Shanghai bank', 'Chartered Mercantile bank', 'No.2', 'This is a continuation of the Bund described at foot of (No.1) and gives a good idea of grass preserve between the street and the river, also the Pontoons [?] or Cargo jetties with the cargo boats around them. The street has evidently been watered just before the view was taken hence the dark colour.'

Information data : The Hongkong & Shanghai Bank (滙豐銀行 - Huifeng yinhang - HSBC) opened its Shanghai branch in 1865. It moved into its own building, designed by the architect William Kidner, on a site next to the Maritime Customs, in 1875. The modern building was completed in 1923. (Frank King et al., History of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, I: 94, 255.

Keywords : building;bank;Bund;jetty;river;

Keywords (ch) : 滙豐銀行

URL :
http://www.chia.chinesemuseum.com.au/objects/D001626.htm

Street name : Bund